increased since the october 1st deadline. look at the weather. like summer in the northeast. it's been crazy. heavy snow in the northern rockies. some in the lower elevations as well tonight. snow and thunderstorms across the midwest. lower mississippi valley and southern florida could see rain and stray showers from western new york to west virginia. >> new york 78. baltimore 84. 88 kansas city. 73 minneapolis. 42 billings. 55 salt lake city. colorado springs comes in at 67. sacramento 78. seattle a cool, brisk 60. well, it's that time of the year again. getting ready for halloween and that means pumpkins, of course and in this case a really big one. >> really big one. it is grown in the garden of eddie giorusso. he is an experienced big pumpkin grower and estimates the prized gourd weighs 1300 poumpbds. >> it is entered in the state's competition for the biggest

pumpkin that takes place this weekend. he had to make a special reservation on the ferry to move the pumpkin to the mainland. i don't know what the other pumpkins look like but this is a big one. >> i'd like to try that sometime. you must water it nonstop and feeding it miracle grow nonstop. and you have to trim away the other pumpkin so it gets all the nutrients. >> eddie said these were not perfect conditions and there was a lot of rain in the early summer and cooler than nushl august. imagine if it was the ideal summer to grow a pumpkin how big and massive it would be. >> 1300 pounds. that's pretty much like a car. >> put that in perspective for me. is that like a car. >> a two-ton car is an old impala. so a modern toyota has to be like 1500 or something some that's a car. >> that's big. coming up, we remember the

last year of the last government shut down. we will refresh your memory. also fond memories of a best-selling author gone too soon. tom clancy's dramatic novels and how he is being remembered. who's opening their doors to federal employees who could use a little break. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by clonal penn life insurance. it's time to change the way we clean.

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fans an colleagues are moumpbing the loss of a giant of contemporary literature. >> tom clancy passed away at the age of 66. paula faris has more. >> reporter: he was the j.k. rowling of the military. huh his hog warts, pentagon and other cold war strong hltds. tom clancy's 25 novels included more than a dozen number one best sellers and hollywood blockbusters. tom clancy was selling insurance in baltimore when he wrote his first novel about a soviet sub

commander defecting to the west. >> a great day, comrades. we sail in to history. >> reporter: ronald reagan called it my kind of yarn. a blush that helped propel clancey to the "new york times" best sellers list. the military loved clancey's attention to detail and he loved them back. >> he was military as us. there's no truer representation of a country than the people it sends in to the field to fight for it. >> reporter: tom clancy was 66 years old. paula faris, abc news, new york. >> quote from tom clancy is i've written stuff that turned out to be real later and that's spooky. >> he was amazing. >> ahead of his time for sure. >> back in a moment.

we are taking a page from the throw back thursday. >> as you know the united states government is shutdown. something that hasn't happened for two decades. the last time was in 1995 when the clinton white house and republican leaders in congress failed to agree on the budget. newt gingrich refused to cave on spending cuts for education, health and the environment. >> it got us thinking of what the world looked like in 1995. >> gridlock in washington is a familiar scene. the pop culture had an incredibly different vibe. i happened to be in high school at the time and my favorite song. here it is, shaggy's bumtastic. ♪ that is hot even today. >> really is. great. >> if i heard that song today it

still makes me move. i can't help it. >> high school, huh? >> i'm sorry. >> i was in my third television market, all kinds of grown up. in tampa at the time and the song that sticks out in my mind is "seal." ♪ >> august 1995, the top of the charts batman forever brings me back to the time. i can remember the apartment i was living in. >> oh, yeah and shows where we were, in totally different moments of whatever relationships we were in. >> i was drinking wine and a grownup on my third job and in a top 20 market. >> i was in a club. >> and thought i was on my way. >> and you were in a club dancing to shaggy. >> freshman in high school.

>> sorry. >> speaking of movies there were some good ones out that year. a lot of comedies including my personal favorite ace ventura when nature calls. it is jim carrey at his wackiest. we can't show you the clip that i wanted to because it is far too offensive. >> excuse me, sir. your something is showing. >> so the way it works he gets to this tribe and supposed to save this animal and he arrives and has a guide that walks around and greets these people with his language. it happens to sound like bumblebee tuna. he doesn't miss a beat and starts to walk around saying bumblebee tuna. >> stupidest and greatest movie ever. and toy story. it featured don rickles as the voice of mr. potato head. it you the first feature film released to use only

computer-generated i78agery. >> it was a big deal for 1995 because the internet looked like this. back in those days the cool kids called it the net. one program allowed you to search the world for software from other computers. >> remember the phone sound when it connected. >> yes. >> the first musicians to post a video on-line is a band from apple and xerox. and lines from dloezing arguments of the o.j. simpson trial. >> something is wrong this case. it just didn't. if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. you must acquit. johnnie cochran there. tv had some lines that will go down in history. >> some of television's most memorable characters, as well. >> you know what, has anyone ever told you look exactly like al pacino. you know "scent of a woman"?

>> very good. very good. you know something, nothing for you. come back, one year. >> that guy's character was inspired by the owner of a restaurant here in manhattan. >> the episode was great. the year was great. i can go on and on about that year. >> 1995 holds up pretty good. >> absolutely. we are talking almost two decades and still pretty good. >> here you are, diana out at the club, not listening to shaggy, anymore. >> it is on your ipod? >> of course it is. >> of course it is. 23450

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federal workers without a job this week and without a paycheck. >> there's one organization in the d.c. area that's providing a place to go and something to do and they are charging absolutely nothing. >> reporter: in chinatown neighborhood of washington, d.c. they are opening their doors to all furloughed workers calling themselves shutdown central. >> we are happy to give them space to hang out and get away from the frustration of not being able to work. >> free food, free yoga, free episodes of the west wing streaming and political ping-pong with the faces of dead lawmakers on them. >> i have heard there is adult day care complete with caffeine and ping-pong and that sounded fairly great right now. >> reporter: he is an attorney with the social security administration and he called the federal shutdown absurd and not getting paid will sting. >> it is a hardship imposed not for want of resources or necessity but pure legislative

on ci on city innocence. nance chlt /* /- -- >> i think it is childish. i really think this whole battle is childish. it's not what we elected our officials to do. >> nance came to sixth and i to meet others in her situation. she wants to explore d.c. >> i figured there's hundreds of thousands of people in the same boat. so naturally we're all probably going to look for something to do. >> reporter: maggie keller and jen nell work at the department of defense. they have been furloughed and echo the feelings of so many others asking why can't congress doing their job? >> congress can figure out how to handle the situation. i do my job. they should do their job and they sglnt sixth and i will stay open the remainder of the shutdown and with the congress and president still deadlocked

looks like they could be playing pill ponk ping-pong for a while to come. >> like those racquets. >> i get furloughed, i'm going to the beach. go on vacation or go somewhere. >> might as well. >> do you get the money back or just lose the money. >> i think you lose it. so vacation may not be an option. >> come on, guys, let's get with it.

. disappoint for michael jackson's family and fans deliver bade jury. >> michael jackson was used to getting his way. he was a big star. >> the verdict worth a billion dollars to the jacksons and what

happens now. political showdown, the federal frustration after talks about the government shut showdown went nowhere. what's next as the gridlock goes to the third day. >> celebrity bombshell, mia fair rooe row's son a musical prodigy. the question who's his daddy. >> i asked mia point blank is ronan frank sinatra's son. >> the superstar love child and his relationship with woody allen. it is wednesday, october 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. good morning. we're going to get started. let's get started with the verdict in the michael jackson case that his mother brought against the promoter of his comeback concert gls the jury foreman said the verdict centered on conrad murray was reached after careful consideration for the details. we are joined by brandy. >> reporter: this was a

long-fought battle in court with hundreds of millions of dollars in possible damages at stake. in the end, the jury rejected the lawsuit brought by michael jackson's family. >> did aeg live hire dr. conrad murray? answer yes. >> reporter: after nearly 14 hours of deliberations, the jury sided with aeg live, ruling while the concert promoter did hire dr. conrad murray, it is not liable for michael jackson's 2009 death. >> was dr. conrad murray unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired. answer no. >> reporter: jurors heard from 50 witnesses after 87 days in court. >> the decision was reached after five months of testimony. >> michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. >> reporter: the plaintiffs in this case, katherine jackson and jackson's three children claim that aeg live hired conrad

murray. >> we are not happy with the result as it stands now. we will explore all options legally. >> reporter: aeg live argued murray was his personal doctor ta gave the singer a deadly dose of the drug propofol. >> aeg live didn't do something wrong here and weren't going to allow themselves to be shaken down. >> michael jackson's fans were disappointed with the verdict. in the meantime, conrad myrrh i have set to be released from jail later this month after two years behind bars. john, diana. >> thank you very much. amazing in this case is no middle ground. they were shooting for the moon in terms of money and got nothing. >> what want to hear the moon, incredible these figures. they wanted aeg to pay paris, prince and blanket to pay $85 million to each child and katherine jackson's mother wanted 35 million for herself. >> and they got nothing. think of all the legal engs

pences they incurred fighting the case. not only did they not get a penny they must have spent millions fighting the case. >> there's no doubt. if you thereon the reports, apparently he left them with nothing. it is hard to fight for something and get nothing when you don't have much to fight with any way. the growing concern over the impact of the government shutdown. wic provides 9 million single moms with money for infant formula and has been deemed nonessential. many state governments will continue the program and 77% of the nation's intelligence analysts have been furloughed. that has the man in charge of the cia and nsa sounding an alarm. >> i have been in the intelligence business about 50 years. i've never seen anything like this. but this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. >> reporter: at fbi headquarters, 50% of the staff with was ordered to stay home, making it more difficult to identify terror threats.

a meeting at the white house between president obama and top congressional leaders did absolutely nothing to resolve the crisis. here's abc's jonathan karl. >> speaker of the house john boehner emerged from the west wing saying the president refused to negotiate. >> the president reiterated one more time this tonight that he will not negotiate. all we are asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the american people under obama care. >> reporter: president told republican leaders he won't negotiate on obama care or anything else until they agree to reopen the government and raise the so-called debt ceiling allowing the government to borrow more money. if that doesn't happy october 17th, the u.s. government will face its first ever default with catastrophic economic consequences. senate leader harry reid warned it could happen. >> you were in the meeting more than an hour. what's your sense? how real is the danger that the country may default? >> i think that it looks like these people are headed where

they want to go. >> reporter: shortly before the meeting, president obama suggested unreasonable republican demands have left him at wit's end. >> am i exasperated? absolutely i'm kpes exasperated because this is unnecessary. >> as for the shutdown in lost productivity alone it would add up to $5 billion if it goes until october 17th. if it goes that far, that will be the least of the problems as the economy would be dealing with the catastrophic effects of a default by the u.s. government. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> that brings us to our facebook question of the day, what would you do now end to the government shutdown? we look forward to your responses. in legal news, attorneys for jahar are asking that his conditions in sgral be eased. he is confined to a cell except for limited access to a small outdoor space and his lawyers

say that the prosecutors have not presented evidence showing such conditions are necessary. no word when a ruling could be made. southwest airlines has fired the captain at the controls of the plane that made a hard landing at la guardia international airport july. the jet came down too far forward which violates the company procedures. the nose gear snapped. 16 people were hurt when the plane skidded to a landing. the first officer will keep his job but get additional training. new york city police made an arrest in a wild confrontation between a motorcyclist and driver of an suv. cruz is charged with reckless driving for slowing down his motorcycle in front of a car and set off the violence in motion. a church bus blew a tire on a tennessee highway yesterday afternoon triggering a deadly chain of events. the bus crossed in to oncoming traffic clipping an suv and hit a tractor-trailer. eight people died including five of the 18 members of the north

carolina church group returning from a gospel jubilee. all of this happened on i-40 near knoxville. traffic was stopped for hours. videos from inside a couple of school bus shows how violent a chain-reaction crash really was. a female driver hit a pickup and another school bus. the impact caught on camera. video shows the moment her bus rear ended the second bus. she spoke to police who arrived on the scene shortly after the sglent any passengers? >> no, thank god. >> no. >> both of us are empty. we are returning to the yard. >> as you heard, no children on board. the female driver was ticketed for negligent driving. the school district is looking in to whether she was wearing he seat belt properly. tapping our health headlines now. women expecting twins do not have to worry about scheduling a c-section. research in the new england journal of medicine says the outcomes are about the same whether it is vaginal or

c-section. twins have more risk for birth complications and some studies suggest that c-sections increase the risk. but this study shows other wise. eating a big breakfast has a positive impact. a study found women who ate most of their calories earlier in the day were more fertile than those who had big dinners. the study looked at women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome. >> you have to pile on the breakfast. >> i think i'm good. >> you are already fertile. just do it for fun. >> thank you, john. >> already worked for you. >> i'm good. >> no more. >> shop is closed. >> shop's closed. >> sometimes on tv we describe what is happening in the video we use and other times the video speaks for itself. >> outrageous moves done by cheerleaders. it is stunt fest. it happened after the national

cheer leading college championships in florida. >> it has been viewed 100,000 times on you tube a week ago. it is about showing off cheerleaders athleticism outside of comp tegs. >> that is amazing. that's the coolest part. >> my daughter was asking do you think that cheer leading is a sport, and i said yeah, the way they do it in this day and age it is. >> extreme sport. >> absolutely. >> so athletic. >> have some breakfast, will you? get more fertile. coming up, a man who lived in a small shipping container for years wants to share his experience. >> i can't read. >> the mystery involving the nation's disappearing honeybees. how their dwindling numbers could devastate the food supply. eat some breakfast, diana. >> as a kid, i made a list of >> announcer: "world news now"

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now to a mystery that rocked the world of honeybees. bees dying and leaving no honey. >> it is a trend that could mean

shortages of honey and other popular foods that we eat. >> reporter: for 63 years, charlts smith's hives have been buzzing with millions of bees. >> they do sting sometimes. it is hard work, but you have to love it. >> reporter: a booming business, renting out bees to pollinate fields of blueberries and apples but then last winter many of his swarms went silent, gone without a trace. >> we lost 50% up in this area. bees are all just going. it is like the bee can't find his way home. >> reporter: it's a mystery that puzzled beekeepers everywhere. even spurring talk of a bee pocalys. scientists say another big loss this year could devastate the american food supply. fewer bees mean fewer pollinators to help plants produce fruit, meaning shortages of broccoli, celery and

avocados. >> one in every third bite that we eat, fruits, vegetables and nuts that we eat that enrich our diet are at risk. >> reporter: he says the disappearance of bees is getting worse. >> how healthy is in this con lowellny. >> reasonable but not great. >> reporter: he found plenty of clues from pesticides and blook blood sucking mites to viruss and diseases but no smoking gun. what can each of us do to bee friendly and help the problem. >> plant vegetation in your area, whatever it maybe. >> this is happening, it's widespread and happening around the country. >> i have seen it on the jersey shore. you see a million wal wasps but no honeybees. they don't know if it is pesticides or a cell phone towers. the theories are wild why we are not seeing them anymore but

something is up. >> not like you can walk through a field and see them all over the floor and where they have gone or they don't drop dead in a parking lot. they fly away and never seen or heard of again. it can affect every aspect of the things we eat which is scary for sglus big time. >> who's your daddy. hollywood bombshell. mia farrow reveals that woody allen may not be the father of her son but who could it be? >> definitely frank sin gnatty. and a movie getting oscar buzz already. an astronaut tells us how it really

♪ >> what a life that was. frank sinatra with a fitting song about the surprises of life. >> turns out there may have been a little surprise in sinatra's life, a big prize actually. mia fairy revealed her son may be the son of old bleu blue eyes himself. we are up all nightline with juju chang. >> is this 25-year-old the love child of frank sinatra. >> he is mia in terms of his porcelain skin, blond hair and intensity of the eyes. >> reporter: but he is not the spitting image of woody allen, the man that world thought was his biological child. farrow unleashed a tidal wave of

speculation. >> i asked her is ronan sinatra's son. >> reporter: he bears more than passing resemblance to frank sinatra and it goes beyond his looks. >> he was singing a song and it was just the way he moved. the way he was at ease and the way he threw the phrases out there. and i thought, wow, this is pretty professional sounding an it isn't that far away. >> like a naturally, genetically gifted singer. >> reporter: sinatra, the man farrow calls the love of her life was one of the most glamorous stars of his day, behind the most iconic songs of his generation. ♪ did the it my way >> reporter: when they met, mia was the 19-year-old star of "peyton place." >> you make it sound so casual. >> reporter: and he was 30 years her elder. after a year and a half of marriage, sinatra famously

served her divorce papers while she was shooting "rosemary's baby" but the love affair reportedly didn't end there. >> she and frank never completely broke up. >> reporter: woody allen was the other legendary man in mia's love life. they raised a broad of children together over the course of 12 years but only one, ronan was thought to be his biological child. the scandal became a prolonged tabloid obsession. in the midst of the storm, mia went on the set of "husbands and wives" to film her final scene. >> you were so beautiful in that black dress. really. >> don't do that. >> reporter: the break up hit the entire family hard. ronan was 4 years old at the time and always had difficult relationship with the famed -- he went on the graduate yale law school and won a prestigious

road scholarship. as to the identity of his father, he responded to the "vanity fair" article with a wink. listen, he wrote, we are all possibly frank sinatra's son. >> i have a funny feeling we are the last to find out there's a connection here. like the whole family seems to a wink, nudge sglrks professional opinion, that looks a lot like frank sinatra. >> that one picture, spitting image. incredible to see. >> yeah. >> why don't they do a test and find out. >> are you frank sinatra's son. >> listen, diana we are all frank sinatra's son. >> it is a possibility. >> could happen. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay

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>> what is it? i don't know how he is driving. >> whoa! now i got it. they know it is theater. like everybody is amused. no one is going what's up? [ laughter ] i think they are trying to figure out what's going on. >> the guy is rohat and he's a magician prankster. and this is his thing. the car drives away. how does he do that? this is the same guy that manufactured a way in to making his seat, like he is behind his own seat. so it looks like nobody is in the car. and the car rolls over. >> he is dressed like a seat. >> i think you solved it. >> i think i cracked it. >> workers had become immune to this stuff. >> i think they are legitimately

scared. there's a lot of oh, my god. >> you can tell they are shocked. >> entertainment for the night. from interand thing video to entertaining pictures we have all seen the highly popular video of beyonce "single ladies." she is rocking those hips. there's a couple that decided they wanted to recreate this video but in picture form. it's a pair from sherman oaks, california. they -- he proposed and they decided this is how we will celebrate the proposal. we will don leotards and take pictures. in a lot of different poses. apartially he was reluctant. she convinced him any way and there you have it. this is the end result. >> and the dog. >> of course. can't forget the dog. congratulations to them. any way, her name is elizabeth

hough and best known for her recurring role on the sit come -- and joey. look at this latest storage unit, latest apartment that is actually a container from a shipping truck. do we have it. >> it has a full kitchen, large shower, tankless water heater, stove, oven, bed. >> when you close that door and the two back doors, nothing's getting in or out.

this morning on world news now, the government shutdown political progress. writ went as the frustration continues to grow. tragedy a church bus collides with a semi truck. the heart wrenching scene, the tremendous loss and what caused

this terrible accident. soccer star. a talented child athlete that discovered a condition by accident. who's standing beside him as he kicks aside the pain. an inside look at miley cyrus like you have never seen her before as she gets even more attention. it is coming up in "the skinny" on this thursday, october 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller an diana perez. >> good thursday morning, everyone. i think it is time to stop saying -- at least on this show -- that miley is getting too much attention. ask me why? >> why diana? >> because we are giving her the attention. >> it pays the bills. >> keeps the lights on. so deal with it. >> otherwise we'd run color bars the whole two hours. >> let's get with it. in ways large and small, the government shutdown is being

felt across the nation. at a white house meeting last night the two sides didn't move closer to the middle. >> karen travers has more on the high-level meeting. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. there were no breakthroughs but nobody really expected that. president obama's made it clear, this is on house republicans end to the shut down. but speaker boehner and his colleagues are standing firm. president obama, the four top congressional leaders a high-level meeting at the white house that produced no results. >> the president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. all we are asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the american people under obama care. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid said republicans need to give up their fight over the health care law because it's not going anywhere. >> we are locked in tight on obama care. >> the house passed funding measures that would reopen national parks an monuments but the white house said that the white house will veto them. it is the whole government back up and running or nothing. the shut down having an impact. 800,000 workers are furloughed,

including 70% of the nation's intelligence analyst. >> this seriously damages our s >> this seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of the nation and .its citizens. >> wic which provides 9 million single moms for formula have been deemed nonessential. >> how am i supposed to get the extra $200 a month to pay for formula? >> reporter: head start estimates 19,000 low-income children have lost or are at risk of losing education and nutrition services in 11 states because of the shutdown. there is no after-school program in connecticut for geraldine bryant's kids. >> it will impact them academically. >> reporter: house republicans show no signs in backing down. which means the shutdown continues. >> karen, thank you. that brings us to our facebook question of the day. what would you do now to end the government shutdown? join our debate at wnnfans.com.

america's top spy chief revealed secrets about surveillance. nsa director general, keith alexander telling congress his agency does collect data to track terrorists but does not keep personal files on u.s. citizens. he revealethe nsa conducted tests to see fit could track american locations through cell phones but did not go forward with the program. an incredible story. a san francisco man is in custody accused of masterminding a drug operation with a billion dollars in sales. ross ulbricht is charged with drug trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering and a second accused of a failed murder for hire plot. the website was called silk road and allowed users to anonymously browse and purchase everything marijuana, psychedelics, heroin. the website used an encryption

technique that made it difficult to track locations of computers using it. this is like a scene out of breaking bad. >> he was arrested yesterday at a library in san francisco chatting with somebody who turned out to be a cooperating witness. agents took him in to custody in a library yesterday. >> oh, my gosh. this is incredible. >> his alias on his facebook page is the dread pirate roberts. remember the movie princess bride? >> yes. >> that was his alias. >> he got his alias from princess bride. >> great movie. >> he is a tough guy. >> that's a great movie. are you making fun of princess bride. >> of course not. it is a manly movie. >> agree with you. attorneys for michael jackson's mother say they are considering all legal options now that a jury sided with the concert promoter she was suing. with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, jurors decided that while aeg live did hire dr. conrad murray they are not liable for michael jackson's death in 2009. they determined he was fit and competent to serve as a general

practitioner to jackson as he prepared for the series of comeback concerts. >> the decision was reached after careful consideration of five months of testimony. >> michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. >> reporter: murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after giving jackson an overdose of propofol. he is nishing up his two year sentence. dozens of investigators worked after dark at the scene of a deadly collision on a tennessee highway. the accident closed the roadway in both directions for hours. marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: victims and debris scattered in tennessee. >> my 17 years probably the most serious incident i have been part of. >> reporter: at least eight people killed when a bus veered off the highway crossing the median in to oncoming traffic, hitting an suv with three people inside, then slamming in to a tractor-trailer which then burst

in to flames. the drivers of all three vehicles died. >> first time it has ever bothered me this bad and i've seen them all. i've cried. i have been here since 2:00 and i have cried and i've cried again. >> reporter: the other victims were members of a senior citizen's church group from statesville, north carolina traveling on this packed bus from gatlinburg's fall jubilee. a church festival they visited every year. >> we don't have all of the facts to give here. we do know that there were several that went on to be with the lord. >> reporter: those who survived this horrifying scene were rushed to nearby hospitals. at least 14 people injured in all. investigators believe the crash was caused by a blown front tire on the church's bus. it isn't a closed case. despite the government shutdown, the tennessee highway patrol

says the ntsb will help with the investigation. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. motorcyclist charged in the wild confrontation between a group of bikers and a driver of an suv in new york city. you saw the video. christopher cruz is charged with reckless driving for slowing down in front of the car, setting the violence in motion. later the driver of the suv plowed in to the bikers critically injuring one before he was pulled from his car and beaten. another shocking example of people not heeding railroad signals. this biker is nearly plowed down by an oncoming train. you'll see it again in a moment. this was in england. drivers and bikers more distracted than ever it is a problem that is becoming serious everywhere. >> that is on super slo-mo and the train looks like it is going a gazillion miles an hour. that is close. >> what was he thinking? they are clearly down, there is a train coming, lights flashing. what else do you need?

>> my goodness. >> oh, my gosh. >> do you think he went to work that day or turn around and go home. >> i'm sure he is looking for hi heart because it jumped out of his chest. >> i think he would have to go home and change his garments, if you know what i'm saying. >> i think you are right. oh, john. >> well, you know. it's the truth. >> usually we only report about south dakota when the big motorcycle rally is taking place there until now. >> having fun at the loud american road house in sturgis. the shut down burger on the lunch menu until the shutdown is over. >> a half pound of ground beef, cheese, bacon, onions, topped with gravy. why not? you can get some fries with that and of course grab your defibrillator. wonder if it comes with one? they say everyone is sick of the quote glutenous government. so they came up with the most glutenous burger they could think of. >> that looks awesome. biscuit gravy on your burger. >> i know so obvious.

>> great idea. what is it missing? how can we make it worse? >> i don't know how we can make it better. >> better. >> what can we do to make it better. >> it has it all. >> we could deep fry the whole thing. >> put it on two pattys, deep fry it, couple of pieces of cheese, 39 bucks, by the way. >> and coat it in chocolate. >> yeah. now i'm really interested. >> that's about right. coming up the much-anticipated movie sequel that is selling out long before it hits the theaters. and a young athlete that has much more to kick than a soccer ball. this young guy's big challenge off the field and bhoz standing by him. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. ouncer: world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular.

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this morning we want to introduce you to a young man who's winning off and on the field. >> this is "favorite story of the day." he is a soccer star that owes his life to the game that he loves. here's john donvan. >> reporter: a ball to the gut in the middle of the game was the tipoff that chris only one month shy of 8 years old had something seriously wrong going on inside. >> stayed down for a minute. >> we knew something wasn't right. >> he had six or seven tumors in his liver in all different sections of the liver and he basically said we think this is cancer. >> reporter: next came what kids with and parents wh cancer know too well, the chemo, the hair loss, the wasting. >> i took him for a walk and told him he was going to be in the toughest competition of his

life. >> reporter: when he was 9 he got a liver transplant that headed off near certain death but the game he excelled at was over for good, right? well, no because chris was determined. >> he wouldn't miss soccer practice. don't tell his teachers i wouldo home to rest to go to practice. >> reporter: sometimes he couldn't finish practice. but like the hair on his head, chris' game made a slow, steady comeback. >> i was super duper happy. >> reporter: so was his new team on the day they were trailing 1-0 in the state final with ten minutes to go and his goal tied it up. a few minutes later, they scored again. they were champs. and chris was named most valuable player. >> wt a story. his team was ranked number one in the nation. his coaches said they thought he

was european because he had such finesse. he didn't seem like an american boy. they said he played a game different than they were used to. >> that is amazing. he is completely cancer free right now but the cancer can return. so obviously he has to continue to be checked up. check it out, though because it could return he received a call from the make a wish foundation and was flown to barcelona with his family and had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet players from fc barcelona which he's adored and admired his entire life. a moving moment for him obviously. but oh, my gosh, what a cool kid. >> hopefully we will see a lot more of him as a grown up. >> even as a teenager i think he will make big plays. we'll be hearing a lot about him. and a softer side of howard stern. and why millions are talking about miley again. you are watching "world news now."

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> all right. i did not know this. the "hunger games" has a sequel coming out called "catching fire." >> my daughter knows all about it. >> i'm sure. it doesn't come out until november 22nd. we have two months, month and a half before it will pop up anywhere.

well, already tickets went on sale on october 1st and they are already selling out on fandango and movietickets.com. jennifer lawrence as katniss and immensely popular. i think it will be just as popular the second time. >> miley cyrus has a documentary coming out. it is called miley the movie. they followed miley for four months leading up to the mtv music awards. the infamous awards. she prepares for her release of her ail. but the 20-year-old star tries to define what she calls a transitional period in her life and she calls it the movement. i guess it is from teeny bopper to adult and one of her quotes, i may be a hot mess but i'm a strategic hot mess. >> okay. >> a strategic hot mess. i'd like to know what that means. >> there is a method to her madness. >> makes sense. howard stern's side kick

robin quivers is back. for the last 17 months she was battling cancer and doing the show from home. for the first time she returned to the studio and listen to the exchange between the two of them. >> never get sick again. >> i plan not to. >> i can never be without you again. and your beautiful face, your smile. >> are you trying to make me cry? your enormous -- >> i wonder what he was talking about the last little sentence there. he said seriously i have been praying for day and really happy you are here. she, by the way, looks incredible. we are happy, all the way around. that he's happy. she's back, she's healthy and they are back together again where they belong. >> she's great. they belong together.

corey monteith, this is really sad. tmz coming out with this. apparently he was shooting heroin and downing champagne in his hotel in vancouver on the night of his death. that is the final word from the coroner's report. he was discovered alone on july 13th. when they responded to the scene first responders they discovered a spoon with drug residue and hypodermic needle and two empty champagne bottles and glasses. the official cause of death is mixed drug toxicity including intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol and all by himself in a hotel room. >> only 31 years old. >> yep. mself in a hotel room. >> only 31 years old. >> yep.

♪ >> this weekend a blockbuster is born. it is called "gravity." it takes place in outer space >> sounds a little far fetched but it's not.

we spoke to an astronaut that would know firsthand. >> reporter: 372 miles above earth on a standard mission, disaster strikes. the shuttle is destroyed leaving two surviving astronauts tethered to nothing but each other, drifting out in to the darkness. it's the subject of director alfonso cuaron's 3-d adventure "gravity," starring george clooney and sandra bullock. already hailed by many as the movie experience of the year. the only other time space has been brought this close to reality is when nasa released the documentary "hubble." >> you have to open the doors. >> okay. >> reporter: i visited new york city's intrepid air and space museum with an astronaut who was featured in hubble to get an expert's opinion on how real the movie felt to him. >> the detail in the movie is

amazing. i felt like i was there again. someone took a lot of time as far as the accuracy of the telescope and shuttle and space suits and the views are very, very accurate. to see them up on the big screen is wonderful. when you see the planet from a distance you don't see borders. and you get the sense of unification of our world. >> reporter: but the movie is more than just zen moments as gravity takes you on a wild ride. tomorrow, millions will see the latest version of space but it is getting a rave review from a man who's actually been there. abc news, new york. >> pretty impressive. >> critics love the movie. >> really do. i was getting ready to say you remember "open water" where there was a bunch of people in

the water waiting to be rescued but die at the end, i was going to say this movie is that but out in outer space but this is an amazingly visual movie and we don't know how it ends. >> rotten tomatoes gave it a 97 which is huge. >> that's incredible. i want to see the movie and huge stars, sandra bullock and george clooney are in it and they are astronauts. >> we will talk about it more on "insomniac theater." >> announcer: this is abc world news informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning -- shutdown standoff. still no sign of a solution in washington. and now, there's growing concerns about national security and the furloughs. deadly crash debris. scattered across the road when a bus collides with a

tractor-trailer. kingpin caught. a man in his 20s, under arrest, accused of running a billion-dollar black market for drugs. how investigators discovered the amazon.com for narcotics. and a fisherman, risking his own life to rescue one of the most dangerous animals in the world. good morning. we begin this thursday with high-level white house meetings on shutdown. >> president obama and top lawmakers talking behind closed doors last night. for many angry and frustrated americans, it looked like a promising step. >> abc's tahman bradley is joining us from washington with how those talks turned out. >> reporter: the good news is, all of the key players here in washington are talking again. the bad news, they're not any closer to striking a deal. the government shutdown enters a third day after a meeting between president obama and

congressional leaders yielded no sign of progress. >> we are locked in tight on obama care. >> all we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the american people under obama care. >> reporter: president obama says he won't negotiate with republicans until they agree to fund the government with no strings attached. in an interview on cnbc, the president blames speaker boehner for the stalemate. >> the only thing that's stopping it is john boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the republican party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession over my health care initiative. >> reporter: outside washington, the shutdown is hurting hard-working americans. in ft. wayne, indiana, the reid family is awaiting final approval for an fha-backed mortgage. but the government employees who would sign off on the loan are furloughed. >> we're in this hotel for who knows how long. >> reporter: head start is beginning to shut down across

the country. geraldine bryant's twin sons have no preschool again today. >> it's going to impact them in a big way, especially academically. as far as them not being in school. >> reporter: while social security checks are not affected by the shutdown. >> i wanted a social security card. >> reporter: social security offices reduced the number of services they provide. these people can forget about getting a new card for now. speaker boehner and house republicans believe these budget talks should include discussion about raising the debt ceiling. the deadline to do that is october 17th, meaning that these discussions -- the shutdown could go on for weeks. john and diana? >> tahman bradley in washington. thank you. the effects of a shutdown are being felt in ways big and small. programs like w.i.k., which provides moms money for formula, have been deemed nonessential. many state governments say they will continue the program. 70% of the nation's intelligence analysts have been

furloughed. and the fda, all inspections on fruit, fish, postponed for now. millions of americans waiting for a tax refund will have to wait a while longer. the irs says no refunds will be issued under the shutdown until the shutdown is over. while most people have already filed their taxes, more than 12 million asked for a six-month extension. joe manchin got hands-on experience answering phones now that most of his office staff is on furlough. he got a g frustration and the fear that people are feeling. one tradition is getting a reprieve from the shutdown. u.s. academy football teams will play this weekend. army will travel to boston college. and air force will play at navy in annapolis. the athletic director at navy said the pentagon relented because no government funds are being used. stay with abc news for the latest. later on "good morning america," we'll have more on the nation less safe because of the shutdown. this